2015 NBA Playoffs Official Thread

[SJ76]

Here we go. Time to find out who the men are and the refs finally let the game get more physical.

 

[GenJac]

OKC had no chance with all the injuries & the Pelicans have little chance to during a best of seven series. However, let's give credit to the Pelicans for getting there. Bogut and David Lee will have their hands full with Anthony Davis.

I'm done seeing Westbrook this year and that makes me happy.

 

[GenJac]

I think Dallas is winning the west this year. One of the few fundamentally sound teams in the league with their addition of Rondo. Rondo's not a fancy point guard who does meaningless fancy dribbling, shoots no look 3 pointers, or gets triple doubles and loses games, but his only intention is to get his teammates involved and make great plays like a true point guard should.

Not too many real point guards left. Guards like Curry, Rose, Westbrook, and Lillard are shooting guards who happen to play the point with no rings to show for it.

 

[gordontrue]

I think Dallas is winning the west this year.

 

[TDs3nOut]

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[TDs3nOut]

I think that figures to be an unusually interesting first-round series. I think DeAndre Jordan might end up shooting a lot of FTs.

 

[gordontrue]

I think that figures to be an unusually interesting first-round series. I think DeAndre Jordan might end up shooting a lot of FTs.

Yeah, Pop ran Asik off the court last night by employing hack-A-sik. I bet we see that at some point with DeAndre

 

[TDs3nOut]

Yeah, Pop ran Asik off the court last night by employing hack-A-sik. I bet we see that at some point with DeAndre

Back in February the Clips beat SAS by four points in LA in a game where Jordan shot 28 FTs.

 

[Clayton]

Back in February the Clips beat SAS by four points in LA in a game where Jordan shot 28 FTs.

I remember watching that game. Clippers should have won in by 15 but Jordans FTs really kept the Spurs in.

Ugh...and I was so excited for this series, too. Its going to be a slog of 2 great teams playing

 

[SJ76]

I think Dallas is winning the west this year. One of the few fundamentally sound teams in the league with their addition of Rondo. Rondo's not a fancy point guard who does meaningless fancy dribbling, shoots no look 3 pointers, or gets triple doubles and loses games, but his only intention is to get his teammates involved and make great plays like a true point guard should.

Not too many real point guards left. Guards like Curry, Rose, Westbrook, and Lillard are shooting guards who happen to play the point with no rings to show for it.

Dallas plays hardly any D. If the Clippers would get after it on D, they'd be tough.. But that ain't gonna happen either.

 

[TDs3nOut]

I remember watching that game. Clippers should have won in by 15 but Jordans FTs really kept the Spurs in.

Ugh...and I was so excited for this series, too. Its going to be a slog of 2 great teams playing

I still think it will be a good series. Even the intentional fouling can be dramatic down the stretch of a close game, and I don't think that strategy will be biggest story of the series. I'm thinking more along the lines of Kwahi Leonard showing anyone who doesn't already know it just how good an all around player he is.

 

[Hornsstampede2.0]

Make your darn free throws.
Nobody is asking guys to shoot 70%......if a guy can hit 60% (which is embarassingly bad itself), it wont happen.

And it wont only be the Spurs:

I fully expect Dallas to hack a J-Smoov AND hack-a-Dwight. It would be stupid not to do so,
Why would you let Harden gets shots. Take the ball out of his hands and let TWO SUB 50% guys lose it.

New Orleans will hack-a-bogut to get the ball out of Curry's hands. And it frees up the only defender who can remotely slow down Davis in the post.

MAKE EM. Don't whine for a rule change because pampered millionaires cant be bothered to improve it.

 

[PhilSimms11]

Does anybody disagree with the way they seed the teams? POR (51-31) has the 6th best record, but since they won the division they are guaranteed a top-4 seed. They play 5-seed MEM (55-27) and the Grizzlies have home court. They deserve that because they have the better record so why go through all that BS seeding the way they do if they are just going to give the better record the HCA? This is how it should look (the East fell perfectly).

(1)GS (67-15) vs (8)NO (45-37)
(4)MEM (55-27) vs (5)SA (55-27)

(2)HOU (56-26) vs (7)DAL (50-32)
(3)LAC (56-26) vs (6)POR (51-31)

What the hell is wrong with that?

 

[Clayton]

Make your darn free throws.
Nobody is asking guys to shoot 70%......if a guy can hit 60% (which is embarassingly bad itself), it wont happen.

And it wont only be the Spurs:

I fully expect Dallas to hack a J-Smoov AND hack-a-Dwight. It would be stupid not to do so,
Why would you let Harden gets shots. Take the ball out of his hands and let TWO SUB 50% guys lose it.

New Orleans will hack-a-bogut to get the ball out of Curry's hands. And it frees up the only defender who can remotely slow down Davis in the post.

MAKE EM. Don't whine for a rule change because pampered millionaires cant be bothered to improve it.

I agree with you except for one thing:

Its BORING

You're taking the least entertaining part of basketball and making it the core product. At the end of the day, the NBA is entertainment.

 

[TDs3nOut]

I agree with you except for one thing:

Its BORING

You're taking the least entertaining part of basketball and making it the core product. At the end of the day, the NBA is entertainment.

Besides entertainment, though, it is also basketball. The ability to make FTs is part of that sport.

 

[bksballer89]

Does anybody disagree with the way they seed the teams? POR (51-31) has the 6th best record, but since they won the division they are guaranteed a top-4 seed. They play 5-seed MEM (55-27) and the Grizzlies have home court. They deserve that because they have the better record so why go through all that BS seeding the way they do if they are just going to give the better record the HCA? This is how it should look (the East fell perfectly).

(1)GS (67-15) vs (8)NO (45-37)
(4)MEM (55-27) vs (5)SA (55-27)

(2)HOU (56-26) vs (7)DAL (50-32)
(3)LAC (56-26) vs (6)POR (51-31)

What the hell is wrong with that?

Portland record is very deceiving....and I don't have any issue with it because the better team still get HCA

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

 

[Clayton]

Besides entertainment, though, it is also basketball. The ability to make FTs is part of that sport.

Guys running up to the ref saying 'look Im fouling this guy' is not part of basketball

 

[Hornsstampede2.0]

Sure it is.

It is 100% part of the game.
When people do it at the end of the game, nobody complains.

It is a strategy that works.

Why just save a strategy for the last two minutes if its good?
Are you going to be happy if your favorite team loses because the coach wanted entertainment?

And frankly nobody remembers the 4 or 5 minutes of game time it actually occurs.
95% of the game, it doesnt happen.

In 10 years, none of these guys will have jobs.
NBA general managers will find guys who can make FTs.